Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is stepping up his campaign-trail focus on health care by increasingly touting his single-payer health care policy. At the same time, most 2020 presidential hopefuls seem to "move in lock step" toward gun control policies.

Lobbying is only expected to intensify as lawmakers start to work through legislation aimed at coming up with a solution to surprise medical bills. In other news from Capitol Hill: Democrats put the kibosh on any attempts to get rid of the Hyde Amendment, a single-payer hearing may expose rifts in the Democratic party, and two senators work on patent legislation.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) has welcomed the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board's decision to strip Malaysia of the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, due to the country's refusal to admit Israeli athletes. "Today's...

The legislation known as the Patient Right to Know Act and the Know the Lowest Price Act, would allow pharmacist to inform patients that they could save money on drugs by paying cash or trying a lower-cost option.

The desire to expand the research into medical marijuana highlights how desperate the lawmakers are to shift patients toward alternatives to opioids. Meanwhile, news on opioid-related crisis from the U.S. states of Virginia, California and Ohio

The U.S. government ban on the use of Kaspersky software on federal systems continues after claims were made it had ties with the Russian Government. The European Parliament has followed the trail of the U.S Government by temporarily suspending its project with software vendor and branding its product “malicious”

Health News this week reported that Senator Bill Nelson was in support of doctors in Florida prescribing smokable medical marijuana to its patients. Meanwhile legalization of recreational marijuana is likely headed to the polls as legislators divide on the issue.